Matt Huber
@Matthuber78
Geographer, Lifeblood (2013) @UMinnPress, Climate Change as Class War (2022) @VersoBooks https://www.versobooks.com/books/3973-climate-change-as-class-war
Very excited today is publication day w/ @VersoBooks Get it here: versobooks.com/books/3973-cli…
I'm a huge fan of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, but his "politics" amounts to a very lame form of hippie libertarianism (and there's really not a "legacy" we need to talk about in the NYT 30 years after his death). nytimes.com/2025/07/20/opi…
“Shell and other leading energy groups have abandoned a six-year-long attempt to define a ‘net zero’ emissions strategy after being told that such a standard would require them to stop developing new oil and gasfields…” on.ft.com/4f2cGla
Coming soon! Damage is publishing a new collection of writing from Bayard Rustin, with commentaries from contemporary writers on the left. Pre-order now: damagemag.com/2025/07/24/rus…
The Chattanooga Times Free Press published an op-ed from TVA CEO Don Moul laying out what they do and what they're planning. This comes amid a flurry of political activity around TVA, kicked off by incomprehensible actions stirring the pot from Trump and from TN's two GOP…
Bravo to Climate Jobs UK! Great statement from some UK industrial union leaders on the importance of prioritizing workforces, renewables AND nuclear, industrial policy, and proving to the public that energy transition means jobs and opportunities across the nation.
"If this transition doesn’t result in good, unionised jobs, and if energy communities are left on the scrapheap, then more and more people will be attracted by the siren voice of climate denial." @GMB_union @ProspectUnion mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Later tonight.
The uOttawa New Democrats are hosting a seminar/QnA with @Matthuber78 on July 23rd 7PM EST. We will be talking about how to build a climate politics that can actually win. You can RSVP Here: forms.gle/qxAXytUvfRrUTE…
A new survey shows many working-class MAGA voters are economic progressives. What they want is predistribution: combating inequality through higher wages, bargaining power, and limits on globalization. What Democrats offer is welfarist redistribution. unherd.com/2025/07/how-de…
The Tennessee Valley Authority provides low-cost energy to millions of people across the South. Privatizing the TVA would be a giveaway to Wall Street and endanger countless livelihoods. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-t…
An absolutely stunning stat in @fredstaffordcs's must-read piece on NYPA nuclear plans jacobin.com/2025/07/hochul…
AI-Driven Worker Displacement Is a Serious Threat jacobin.com/2025/07/artifi…
This is a very serious take at the problem with the Democrats. With no mass base and a web of NGOs & groups with little connection to those they are supposed to represent. A formation that can fundraise but cannot act
The Democratic Party’s transformation into a network without mass-membership or structural power has left it incapacitated as an opposition party. An adequate response to Donald Trump’s attack on the state will require re-centering organized labor. catalyst-journal.com/2025/07/why-th…
Hands off the TVA: White House considering assault on 10,000 #IBEW jobs bit.ly/40ps456
IBEW President issues staunch defense of the Tennessee Valley Authority and its public power model, against potential privatization attempts by Trump and some in the GOP, citing @AlexCKaufman's recent report for The Atlantic.
Hands off the TVA: White House considering assault on 10,000 #IBEW jobs bit.ly/40ps456
I enjoyed joining the hosts of @greenmajority to conclude their on air book club engagement w/ my book.
On 🌎@greenmajority🌎 ep976 the team present the final instalment of their recent book club segment featuring a conversation with @Matthuber78 about his @VersoBooks 'Climate Change As Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet'. greenmajority.ca/the-podcast/20… 🔶
A ton of overlap with our diagnosis here, but we offer some different solutions. ICYMI from me and @hollyjeanbuck: Part 1: jacobin.com/2025/07/artifi… Part 2: jacobin.com/2025/07/artifi…
The biggest economic issue that no one is talking about: AI is projected to replace 12 million jobs in the next decade. Americans say they're worried about it. But no national politician has a plan for it. A new piece with some ideas, from me, Zoe Jacobs, and Diego Haro. 1/
In my new article for Jacobin on her announcement of the NYS public power-led nuclear development, I make a case for Hochul as a liberal politician with a distinctly good message on energy, reindustrialization, and effectively wielding state capacity: jacobin.com/2025/07/hochul…
What happened to Hochul? She's eons better in policy & messaging than just a year ago.
Superb reporting and analysis from Fred Stafford:
NEW from me, on Kathy Hochul's atomic abundance. Last month she made an exciting announcement of new nuclear development in New York State. Unlike other governors, she is directly appealing to state capacity - the public power authority, NYPA - to drive it. It's a big deal. 🧵1/